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Last weekend, I did something I don’t usually get the chance to do … take the entire weekend off. But trust me, I had a good reason.
It was 50 years ago that I stood at the front of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Tenafly, New Jersey, and watched as my bride Pat, looking great as always, walked up the long aisle in her beautiful white dress, beaming as she and her dad approached.
And now here we were, asking, “Where have the years gone?”

For about 30 of my adult years, I have been a youth baseball coach, in various parts of Florida and the country. I have also been a league officials and district official in a couple of different programs. I coached a few all-star teams in that time.
I gained an awful lot of experience and insight into 9-12-year-old baseball players during those years.

Youth needs info for project
My name is Marie Talbert and I have chosen your wonderful state of Florida for my state report. I am in fifth grade at Conway School, which is in the farming community of Skagit County in Washington. We are one hour north of Seattle and one hour south of the Canadian border. Our community is known for our tulips and every year we hold the Tulip Festival in April.

Back in the late 1960s and early 1970s, I was working as a sports editor near Port St. Lucie, which at that time was about 200 homes and a golf course.
There was a women’s golf tournament there, and one of the young ladies didn’t have a place to stay, so one of my writers, who was considerably older than I was, and his wife took her in for the weekend.
The LPGA has come a long way.

Back in the late 1960s and early 1970s, I was working as a sports editor near Port St. Lucie, which at that time was about 200 homes and a golf course.
There was a women’s golf tournament there, and one of the young ladies didn’t have a place to stay, so one of my writers, who was considerably older than I was, and his wife took her in for the weekend.
The LPGA has come a long way.

Firemen and EMS plus police officers
You may not realize it, but they are two different entities, although both are public employees. Yes, public employees.
Let's address our fantastic firefighters-EMS people first. These men and women are trained to save our property and our lives, and it happens every single day. We pay them less than a car salesman, (how many lives do they save?), janitors, wait staff, trash collectors, etc. and actually just about anyone else. Man, are we cheapskate employers. Blame it on Republicans, and be justified.

Several years ago, the Marion County School Board met with veterans officials, and decided that having children in school on Veterans Day, but concentrating on the celebration instead of a regular curriculum, was more beneficial to the students.
There was even a decision to bus a couple thousand students to Veterans Park for the annual celebration.
Maybe it’s time to look at that decision as it concerns the Martin Luther King holiday.